Mark Sanford on Education

Republican SC Governor; previously Representative (SC-1)

Supports merit pay for teachers

One of the bedrock principles of any market-based system is the notion of pay for performance. While we have been successful at raising the average pay for teachers in South Carolina and providing bonus pay for teacher certification,
we need to do more to directly tie improved results in the classroom to increased pay for those results. Merit pay has shown positive results; instituting some form of merit pay for teachers is a goal of this administration.

Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools.

Vote to pass a bill to allow states to use certain federal funds designated for elementary and secondary education to provide scholarships, or vouchers, to low-income families to send their children to private schools, including religious schools.